Category Archives: May 11 Assignment
Brooklyn
I was born and raised in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is notoriously known to be a dirty crime filled city, but that is not is how a citizen of Brooklyn looks at it. I see Brooklyn as my hometown and over the … Continue reading
Cocaine Cowboys
“The largest numbers of post-1970 immigrants came from the Caribbean.” (226). My story begins in the 1980’s when my mother and father migrated to Florida during the Mariel boatlift. This was a mass exodus of Cubans who departed from Cuba‘s … Continue reading
Immi-great-tion
My best friends mother and father were both born in Poland, as was her older brother. While her mom was pregnant with her second brother her mother, father and her brothers moved to The United States This was about 25 … Continue reading
American Born Taiwanese
Me and my two sisters were born in America, but my parents were born and raised in Taiwan. They moved here in the 1990’s because they graduated top of their class and were able to grant entrance to an American … Continue reading
“Our Very Own Island in the City”
People from all over the world migrated to New York in an effort to have a better life. They predicted opportunities within the city and jumped in to join those seeking those opportunities. We are told of the numerous ethnicities that … Continue reading
Hello land of prosperity
In the 1990s, a small part of my family immigrated to the United States from Haiti. At the time, there were many difficulties in finding a job in Haiti, so they were forced to emigrate to seek a better life. … Continue reading
Variety is the Spice of Life!
Newly arrived in New York City, or “the concrete jungle where dreams are made of” as they like to call it here, one can be completely taken aback by the cultural diversity the city manifests. I was, however, delighted. Coming … Continue reading
The 7 is a cheaper plane ticket
Living next to a 7 train station, Binder naming the 7 train the “Orient Express” caught my attention. Flushing, today, is inhabited by a majority of Chinese and Korean descent. Due to immigration, the 7 train serves as a link … Continue reading
Platanos! Platanos! 4 por un dolar!
(plantains! plantains! 4 for a dollar!) My siblings and I were born in New York, being the only generation of children in my family to be born in the United States. My parents are both from the Dominican Republic, coming … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert Opening Statement
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/k1T75jBYeCs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Immigration was and sill a major aspect in shaping New York City and elsewhere. However binder highlights immigration from “pull and push pull” effects and its mechanism and how immigrant distribute themselves geographically in … Continue reading